Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Websites
Accomplishments
Languages
Publications
Training
References
Timeline
Manager
Ashek  Ahmed

Ashek Ahmed

Summary

Highly organized and detail-oriented development professional with approx. 24 years of experience in organizing, managing, and executing multiple programs and projects (Health & Nutrition, Education, Protection, Emergency), with a focus on delivering on time and within budget. Results-driven team player with knowledge in full-cycle coordination, from initial concept to implementation. Solid experience in working with nonprofits with anemphasis on local government and policymaking including partnerships between nonprofits and government.

Overview

24
24
years of professional experience

Work History

Adviser

Feel Fit Innovation
04.2018 - Current
  • Supervised multiple development projects from project start through delivery including partnerships by prioritizing needs and delegating assignments.

Program Specialist

UNICEF
03.2015 - 03.2018
  • Developed Every Newborn Action Plan (ENAP) Country Progress Tracking Tool (based on WHO Health Systems Building Blocks) and its revised version
  • Actively coordinating with regional offices, country offices and development partners; tracking and reporting progress by 75 countries under 6 global regions
  • Co-authored the ENAP Global Progress Report 2016-2017 which was shared in World Health Assembly in May 2017 and also actively worked and contributed to the 2017-18 global progress report
  • Actively collaborated with leadership to formulate a scalable cross-organizational health equity and product inclusion agenda, implementation strategy, and tools
  • Managed health equity program by facilitating and tracking progress on research, product, and partnerships, including through cross-functional cross- organizational coordination and influence
  • Developed the MNH equity profiles (both national and sub-national) for 25 priority countries (which later expanded to more countries) under 4 global regions including data/information collection, compilation, analysis coupled with narratives and report preparation and dissemination globally.

Program Manager

USAID
10.2012 - 02.2015
  • Coordinated and managed facility and community-based integrated health care program delivery (Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health, Immunization, Digital health, Nutrition, TB, HIV/AIDS, NCDs, and Emergency) through 4600 Service Providers in all 64 districts nationwide.
  • Coordinated activities with 110 staff in 12 large regional field offices.

Program Coordinator and QA Specialist

USAID
04.2010 - 09.2012
  • Actively led and coordinated Health Care service delivery through 323 static clinics, over 5400 staff, and community engagement at over 9,100 Satellite clinics and 6,300 Community Service Providers in all 64 districts of the country (nationwide), Immunization, MNCH, Nutrition, Digital health, emergency programming at National, District, Sub-district and Community level in partnership with Government and NGOs' coordination nationwide.
  • Developed Quality of Care (QoC) tool and database for program monitoring and management.

Coordinator

UNICEF, UNFPA, International Organization (ICDDRB), Development Cooperation (SDC), NGOs, Clinic.
09.1996 - 03.2010

Actively contributed to program planning, development, recruitment, budget, coordination, partnership, implementation, and evaluation with reporting.

Education

MPH -

Atish Dipankar University Of Science & Technology
BD
2022

MD -

Bangladesh Medical College
BD
1995

Skills

  • Leadership
  • Team Building
  • Developing Partnership
  • Problem-Solving
  • Multitasking
  • Training and Development
  • Organizational
  • Time management
  • Prioritization
  • Business Development

Accomplishments

  • Received the top award for "Innovation and Prioritization of Quality Assurance in Health Service Delivery" among 52 Organizations in 35 Countries, given by Sir Richard Faechem of University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) at Global Social Franchise Conference for Health held in Kenya (2011).

Languages

Hindi
Advanced
C1
Urdu
Advanced
C1
French
Intermediate
B1
Bengali
Native or Bilingual
English
Native or Bilingual

Publications


  • ENAP Global Annual Progress Report 2015 and 2016 (Co-author), UNICEF New York
  • MNH Equity Profiles (25 countries-both English and French speaking countries), UNICEF NY
  • Health Service Delivery Handbook, USAID
  • Quality Management System, USAID
  • Maternal & Newborn Health Training Manual for Community Service providers, USAID

Training

  • Improving the Health of Women, Children and Adolescents: from Evidence to Action, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
  • COVID-19 Contact Tracing, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
  • Monitoring and Evaluation, USAID
  • CDC facilitated course "Health in Complex Humanitarian Emergencies" at Emory University, Atlanta covering: Refugees, displaced persons, conflict and complex emergencies.

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Adviser

Feel Fit Innovation
04.2018 - Current

Program Specialist

UNICEF
03.2015 - 03.2018

Program Manager

USAID
10.2012 - 02.2015

Program Coordinator and QA Specialist

USAID
04.2010 - 09.2012

Coordinator

UNICEF, UNFPA, International Organization (ICDDRB), Development Cooperation (SDC), NGOs, Clinic.
09.1996 - 03.2010

MPH -

Atish Dipankar University Of Science & Technology

MD -

Bangladesh Medical College
Ashek Ahmed